Feed-regulator.



No. 872,635. PATENTED DEC. 3. 1907. H. J. AVBRBEGK.

FEED REGULATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APB-2,1906.

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H. J. AVBRBEGK. FEED REGULATOR.

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HENRY J. AVERBEGR, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

FEED-REGULATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1907.

Application filed April 2. 1906. Serial No. 309.309.

To all whom it may coneerrt:

Be it known that l, llssin' J. Avnnmxuc, a eitizen oi the United States 0 America, and resident. of Covington, county of Kenton, State of Kentueky, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in l eed-ltegulators, of whieh the following is a speeilieatton.

.\lv invention relates to a feed regulator for eutting-maehines espeeially adapted to the elass known as shapers, and is an improvement upon the feed regulator for whieh United States Letters Patent No. 786,942 were granted to me.

The objeet of my invention is to simplify the number of parts in the feed regulator re.- ferred to, to provide ready means for changing the direetion of the feed and for adjustments of the table by hand. This object is attained by the means deseribed in the speeitieation and illustrated in the aeeompanying drawings, in whieh like parts are indicated by similar referenee letters wherever thev oeeur throughout the various views, in whieh.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shaper with the feed regulating deviee embodying my invention. Fig. '2 is a front view of the same, the upper eorners of the ways being partly cut away to expose the feed regulating shaft. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a moditied form of the feed regulating shaft. Fig. 4 is a seetional view taken u )0!) line .r..r of Fi 1, upon an enlarged scale, showing the auxiliary stud shaft, the loose sleeve whieh earries the regulating pawl. the loose pinion whieh engages a pinion upon the t'eed-serew, and the sliding s eeve whieh regulates the position of Fig. 5 is a detail seetlonal View taken it )till line 3/ y of Fig. t. Fig. It is a detail plan view of the loose sleeve whieh earries the regulating pawls. Fig. 7 is a perspeetive view of the sliding sleeve whieh regulates the position of the pawls. Fig. 5 is a perspeetive view of the regulating feed shaft with one of the eontnet deviees for stopping the feed when the a )ltlll has renehed the limit of its travel. l'ig. U is a detail plan view of the ways, the feed regulating shaft, the rear of the apron and the uutomntie l'eed regulator. Fig. It) is an detail view upon an enlarged seale of the lever whieh aetuates the sliding sleeve. Fig. H is aseetion view upon an enlarged scale of the adjustable eontaet device. Fig. 12 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 13 is a perspective view upon an enlarged scale of the arm whieh eontrols the position of the lever.

Referring to the parts: Apron, A, is mounted to slide in horizontal ways, E, aeross which it is fed by a l'eed-serew, (l, heneath the eutting tool, 1), in the usual manner. The ways, B, are eapahle of a vertieal movement upon the vertical ways, a, of the frame, E, and main driving shaft, e is supplied with a rotatable housing, e", a pinion, e", the link, e, connecting the housing, 0", and the stud shaft, E, as shown in Fig. 4. The shaft, e, rotates the housing, when the ways, B, are adjus ed vertically on the ways, e. The parts thus far described are of ordinary eonstruction, and need not, therefore, he more speeitieally described.

Stud shaft, E, is held in a socket, a, of the frame, E, hv means of a set-serew, (1". Stud shaft, E, has a tlange, N, at its outer end and has between the flange, 0 and the arm, e, two loose sleeves, e, and 0". Loose sleeve, 0", has a eireular tlange, n", upon its end, to whieh the arm, a, is pivoted, the op )osite end of the arm, a, being pivoted to tl ie pinion, a", so that a vihratorv motion is imparted to the sleeve, a, by the link 6. Over the flanged end, a, of the stud shaft a pinion, E, is slipped whieh has an annular flange to )ass over the sleeve, 0, to whieh it is seelred )y means of a set-serew 6", so that while the )inion, E is free to rotate upon stud-shat, E, it is held from slipping oil the end thereof by means of the sleeve, 0", and the tlange-d end, linion, E, has upon its end a square stud, e", whieh may reeeive a erank handle for impartiiu rotation to the. )inion, E", by means of ham linion, E", meshes with a pinion, e, upon the end of the feed serew, t. When the pinion, E", is aetuated, it is seen that the leed-serew, t, is rotated l'or l eeding the apron A, upon the ways, B. The )inion, E", is rotated whenever it is eoupled up to the sleeve, e".

The means of eoupling the pinien, E", and the sleeve, (1", are as follows: The annular sleeve of the pinion, E", has peripheral teeth, e, as shown in Figs. -t and 5. The ilnuge, e', on sleeve, (1", has pivoted upon it reverse pawls, E", and E, whieh have teeth, e", and c, for engaging the teeth, a, the teeth, 0", and e, having faces parallel to the sides oi the teeth for engaging the same and the opposite faces of the teeth, e and e, being made slanting so as to permit the disengagement of the teeth, e, and e, from the teeth, e. Flange, 6, has horizontal studs, e", and e", which carry coiled springs, 'e', and 0*", which tend to hold the pawls, E and E, downward in contact with the teeth, e".

To control the position of the pawls, E and E, l have provided the following means. Mount-ed upon rotating sleeve, e", is a sliding sleeve, F, which carries a iinger,j, which projects through a perforation, e', in the flan e e. Finger, F, has a faee,f, and hevefed faces, f and f", which pro ect underiingers, e, and e, of pawls, E, and E. When the fingers, e, e rest u )on the face,- of the finger, F, the pawls, i and E, are held in a )osition such that the teeth, e and e', are held out of engagement with the teeth, e". When the face,f, is underneath the finger, a, the tooth, e, engages the teeth, e, as shown in Fig. 5, at which time the finger a, would rest u )on the face, f, and be held out of contact with the teeth, 0. When the sleeve, F, is brought to the position in which the finger, 0", contacts the face,f, of the finger F, the tooth, e", engages the teeth e", and the fin er, a, would rest upon the ace, f, so that t ie tooth, e, disongages the teeth, a. When the sleeve, F, stands in an intermediate position, so that both the fingers a, and a", rest upon the face,f, neither of the teeth, e", nor e', engage the teeth, a. Which of the three )ositions, viz. the one to the extreme of the eft, (as shown in Fig. 4) or the one to the extreme right, or the inter mediate position between the two, sleeve F, occupies isregulated by the lever,G. Lever, G, is pivoted upon a stud, g, secured to the ways, 13, as shown in Fig. 1. It carries a stud, g which projects into annular groove, f in s eeve i and has at its u )per end a handle, g. The lower end of the lever has a central notch, g, and beveled faces and g, u )on each side of the central notch. Beneat 1 the lever, G, ways, B, have a projection, I), having a socket b, in which is seated a pointed pin, 1), which is normally pressed upward hv a spring, I)", to engage the lower faces of tie lever, G, as shown in Fig. 10. When the lever, G, is moved to its central position, pin 1), fits into notch, g, to hold the lever in that position, and when the lever is moved either to its left or right position pin, I), engages either face, q, or g. to hold the lever in either of its positions to prevent accidental movement of the same.

When the lever, (l, occupies its left hand position, (as shown in Fig. 10) it is seen that the pawl, E, will en a e the teeth, 0" so that the carriage will re ed towards the left, (looking at Fig. 2,) and when the lever, G, is thrown to its extreme right position, the pawl, i l, will engage the teeth, c, so that the apron will be fed towards the right, and when the lever, G, occupies its central position, the sleeve, F, will be held in its central position and neither one of the pa \vls engage the teeth, a", so that the coliiicctioii between the fetal-screw, C, and the sleeve, (1, is broken and the apron will bestationary.

Lever, (I, may be moved to any one of its three positions, either by hand or may be moved automatically by thc fced regulating shaft, ll, when the apron has reached a tertain point of its travel.

Feed regulating shaft, ll, in the form shown in Fig. i), is mounted rotatablv in the ways, 13, and carries an arm, /t, which projects through a hole, 1*, in the. vci'llcal ways, 0, and has upon its end a block, It, provided with oppositely hcvclcd faccs, It", and It, between which is an opening, /1'. Block, l1, stands with the faces, [L2, and It, in the path of a cylimlrical iingcr, g, upon the lcvcr, (l. When the arm, It, is in its normal position, and the lever, (l, is thrown either to its right hand or its left hand position, )lll, g", rests upon either face, It or It". When the feed regulating shaft, ii, is rotated to carry block, It, upward, the face, It", or It", puslics upon the pin, g, and carries the lever to its central position, in which the pin, g, fits into the openiin It. The rotation of the regulating shaft, i, may be occasioned by projections on the 0. iron striking either the adjustable contact ievice, It, or the fixed contact devices, h, and It, at the end of the feed regulating shaft, If. The fixed contact device, It, as shown in Fig. 13, is formed integral with the arm, it. Each of the fixed contact devices has beveled faces, such as It", in Fig. 13, which may be contacted by pins, a, (1, upon the apron.

The adjustable contact device consists of a block splincd upon shaft, ll, so as to be moved thereon to the position desired and carrying a set-screw, It', for holding it in that position. Block, lr", has a perforation in which is seated a vertical pin, It, which is held norniallv upward by a spring, It. To the lower end of the pin, It", is secured a disk in the form of a circle with a segment cut oil of one side, forniim a flat face, 1:", and a round face, ll'". The disk has a V-shapcd projection, h", on its upper face which fits into a V-shapcd groove, It", in the underside of the block, Ii" to hold either the round face, It'", in the path of a pin, 11', upon the apron, as shown in Fig. i), or to pi'csciil the Hat face, It", so that the pin, a", will pass the contact. pivot, Ii, without hitting 't.

To change the position of the faces, Ii" or h'", it is necessary only to press downward upon the pin, Ii", and rotate the pin. When it is desired to stop the apron autonniticallv at any prcdctcrniincd point, the movable contact device, 4", is ililjllslttl upon the food regulating shaft, H. The arms, a, a, are located upon the apron below the plane of the gagement with the pinion and when moved 111 the op )osite direction it carries the first of block, t, so that they do not contact the said paw s out of engagement and carries the movable contact device. When the arm, a, which projects from the a won in the )lane of. the movable contact device strikes the face, h, it rotates the shaft, l1, carries the arm, It, upward and causes the lever, G, to be carried to its central position, in which the pin, 9, lies in the opening, It, between the faces, If, and Ir. In this position, as aforedescribed, neither of the pawls, E", nor E, contact the teeth, 0.

Instead of having the regulating shaft rotated by the contact of the apron, it is obvious that it could be recipria'ated as shown in Fig. 3, in which the regulating shaft, ll, is shown as mounted in ways, B, so as to be capable of reciprta'ation therein. In this modification, when the. stud, it, strikes the adjustable block, It, it reciprocates the rod, 11, which will cause the face, It or It to carr the lever, G, to its central position. The same is true when the studs, (2, or a, strike the fixed contact, h, or h.

When the lever, G, is in its central position,.so that the pinion, E, is disconnected from the sleeve, 0", it is seen that the apron, A, may be fed along its wavs bv hand, either by engaging the square end of the feed-screw. by a wrench, or by engaging the squared eml of the pinion, E, with the wrench. The feed shaft would be engaged directly when it was desired to move the apron simplv for fine adjustment, and the pinion, E, would be engaged by the wrench when it was desired to give a more rapid movement to the apron. it is apparent that since the lever, G, is standing in its central position, the operator need not pay any attention to the ad'ustable block, It", u )on the feed regulating Sl ltlft, for even thong I it should be struck by the projection, a. on the apron, it would simpl rotate the feed regulating shaft, ll, wit iout moving the sleeve, F, since said sleeve is in its central position.

What i claim is:

l. The combination of ways, an a )IUlt mounted riwiprocably n am the ways, a feedscrew for reciprocatingt 1e apron. an auxiliary shaft mounted adjacent to the feed-screw, a pinion mounted looselv upon the auxiliary shaft and meshing with the feed-screw, a sleeve mounted rotatably upon the auxiliary shaft. a driving shaft, means for coupling the sleeve to the driving shaft, two pawls mounted upon the sleeve and adapted to engage the. pinion, one of said pawls moving the pinion in one direction and the other moving it in the opposite direction and a shifting mechanism mounted adjacent to the sleeve aml engaging the pawls so that when moved in one direction it carries one of the pawls into engagement and the other one out of enl l l l l second into engagement with the pinion, and when in an intermediate position holds both pawls out of engagement with the pinion.

2. A shifting mechanism for making and breaking the connection between the feedscrew and the driving shaft, consisting of an auxiliary shaft, a pinion mounted upon the shaft adapted to engage the feed-screw, a loose sleeve. mounted upon the auxiliary shaft, means for connecting it to the driving shaft, pawls pivoted upon the. loose sleeve and facing in opposite dirtaitions,a sliding sleeve mounted upon the loose sleeve am! a finger secured to the sliding sleeve projecting beneath the pawls and having its ends beveled so that when the sliding sleeve is at. either limit of its travel, one or the other of the pawls is in contact with the pinion and when the sleeve is in its internuuliate position both pawls are held out of contact. with the pinion by the finger.

3. The combination of ways, an inron mounted reciprocably upon the ways, a feedscrew for reciprocating the apron, an auxiliary shaft mounted adjacent to the feedscrcw, a pinion mounted loosely u )011 the auxiliary shaft aml meshing with t to feedscrew, a sleeve mounted rotatably upon the auxiliary shaft, means for coupling the sleeve to the driving shaft, two awls mounted upon the sleeve and adapter to engage the puuon, one of said pawls moving the pnuon tn one direction and the other moving it in the opposite direction, a shifting mechanism mounted adjacent to the sleeve and engaging the pawls so that when moved in one direction it carries one of the pawls into engagement and the other one out of engagement with the pinion aml when moved in the o positc direction it carries the first of said pawls out of engagement and carries the sec oml into engagement with the pinion, aml when in an interlmaliate position holds both pawls out of engagement with the pinion, a. over for engaging the shifting mechanism and an automatic means for holding it. in a central or in a position to one or the. other side of its central position.

4. The mmbination of ways, an an'on mounted reciprocably upon the ways, a feedscrew for reciprocating the apron upon the ways, a driving shaft, a means for connecting the feed-screw and the driving shaft, a feed regulating shaft mounted adjacent to the apron, a movable contact device mounted upon the feed regulating shaft and adapted to be contacted by the apron to move the feed regulating shaft, and means for contract-- ing the feed regulating shaft and the connecting means between the driving shaft and a feed-screw whereby when the feed-regulating shaft is moved it operates the connecting means to break the connection between the feed-screw and the driving shaft.

5. The combination of ways, an apron reciprocating on the ways, a feed-screw for feeding the apron, an auxiliary shaft, a pin ion mounted on the auxiliary shaft and engaging the feed-screw, a sleeve mounted on the auxiliary shaft, reverse pawls pivoted u on the sleeve and adapted to engage the pinion to move it in opposite directions, a shifting mechanism mounted adjacent to the sleeve and carrying a finger which in the extremes of the travel of the shifting mechanism carries one pawl into engagement and the other out of engagement with the pinion, a lever for reciprocating the shifting mechanism, a feed regulating shaft mounted in the ways, an arm mounted on the regulating shaft and enga ing the lever so that when the regulating s left is carried from its normal position it moves the lever to its central position to carry the pawls out of engagement with the inion.

6. The com ination of ways, an apron mounted on the ways, a feed screw for reciprocating the airon on the ways, a pinion upon the fee screw, an auxiliary shaft mounted in the was, a pinion mounted loosely upon the em of the auxiliar shaft meshing with the pinion on the feet screw and adapted to be engaged by 'a wrench, a sleeve mounted upon the auxiliary shaft, devices carried by sleeve for engaging the loose pinion, a driving shaft, and a shifting mechanism for moving the sleeve for connecting and disconnecting the loose pinion with the driving shaft.

HENRY J. AVERBECK. Witnesses WALTER F. MURRAY, AoNEs MoCommox. 

